; Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:10:57 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 17-06-09 (Seahorse Valley-17 [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20090616211225.2b574734@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- June 17, 2008 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; To begin today's discussion I must state that I do not have a ; calendar filled with fractal spirals hanging over the desk here ; at F.C. I have a calendar of photographs taken by the space ; telescope. This month's photograph shows the star-forming ; region LH 95 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. However, the photo- ; graph resembles many fractals I have seen during my 20 years in ; Fractal Land. ; ; The truth is that there has never been a fractal calendar hang- ; ing anywhere in F.C. The calendar themes of F.C. are astronomy, ; weather, flowers and new-age stuff. It should be no secret ; which themes I choose and which FL chooses. BTW, I find nothing ; wrong with fractal spirals, there are simply so many of them ; that they do not strike me as unusual. ; ; I have also often wondered what lies at the point -0.75 of the ; Mandelbrot set. What would we find there if we had a computer ; of infinite speed, which would give infinite magnification? I ; suspect that, at the -0.75 point, Seahorse Valley is kind of a ; singularity with a width of zero, which means that even infinite ; magnification would leave it with zero width. But a departure ; of an infinitesimal value in the imaginary direction would ; introduce an infinitesimal but real width, which an infinitely ; fast machine would calculate and magnify to any degree in an ; instant. Since infinitely fast machines will always exist only ; in fantasy land, we will never know what we would find at ; imag(zero), though I suspect the trip would be like trying to ; reach the number 2 through the series (1)+(1/2)+(1/4)+(1/8). . . ; We would keep getting closer but always slowing down, only to ; find it was impossible to reach the goal. ; ; Today's image, with its dark background and sparkles of light, ; somewhat resembles aa astronomical scene. Actually, it's a ; scene deep in the Seahorse Valley of the (-Z)^(2.5)+C Mandeloid. ; ; I rated it at a 7 because I kind of like it. And the ; calculation time of 5-1/4 minutes is more reasonable than the ; hours-long time of some recent images, and a few yet to come. ; ; The most efficient way to see the image is to travel ; electronically to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; where the already-calculated image is posted for immediate ; enjoyment. ; ; Heavy low clouds hung tough over Fractal Central on Tuesday, but ; it stayed dry and the fractal cats enjoyed things well enough. ; The temperature of 68F 20C was far below what might be expected ; in the middle of June. ; ; In my department things went along pretty much as expected. The ; next FOTD is likely to be posted in 24 hours as expected. Until ; then, take care, and if fractal spirals light your fire, grab a ; phone and dial 911. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Seahorse_Valley-17 { ; time=0:05:15.39-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=slices.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMiN passes=1 center-mag=-0.01004178872932089/+0.011740780006324\ 42/1.997697e+010/1/-110/0 params=2.5/0/0/0/-0.75/0 float=y maxiter=15000 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000BetEilGldJoXLrPNuIRrKVoMZlObiPffRjcTn`Vr\ ZWdQORHG363D88drUYhPR_KKRFDIA695hrgMRM30N2FJ2CF19B\ 1670K3dOZUIQKzHAK84663z42z31z1`zRIzDHUFEQDCMBAI98F\ 76B54732316GuPshKi`G`UCSM8IF497lLheIb_FXUDSOAMI7GC\ zB6z5szRezKSzDEz65z43z32z21z1EzVBzP9zK7zF4zA2z5zsh\ e`ULIFiu0NT08ZZ5NN2BB42`31W31R21N21I10D109004`wzTk\ mM_`EOP7CCRDRK9KD6D636L`kHUcEOWAIO7CG368Baz5JVKnTH\ fOE_KBTG8LC5E8274KCQD8H648A`m5IPSqQOiMKaIGUECNB8F7\ 473PiDCN6LMrRvQIbH9J8Gm7Ef6C`5AV48P36I24C1260AHM8E\ J7CG6AD58B368245122opgYZTHHE4Wr2L_1AIQJsKFgFBXA7M5\ 3B7hy5`n4Ud3MV2FK17ASnhOgbLaXHVSEPMAJG7CB36551k30W\ 10GxTloOefKZYGSQCLH8E847hOv_JjREZI9N94B6qV5hP4_K3R\ F2IA195NWw4x72c41K2I1mF0eC0ZA0S70L50E207jMIb_PVSKN\ LFFEA775vRITD9sDe`8SI4EFoqCfhzz_zzR5HI289DzzAg48Z3\ 6Q24012z0ascSeUJSK9EA9i54N2MzLHzGDzC8z84z43zq2zh2z\ _1zR1zI0z9xzNozJfzGYzDQz9 } frm:MandelbrotMiN {; Jim Muth b=p1, z=p2, c=p3+pixel: z=(-z)^(b)+c, |z| <= 16 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint